The stuff of legend
Joseph Israel, the Jewish Bob Marley of Arkansas, will bring his music and message to the Urban Lounge this Saturday as part of his tour promoting his new album, Gone Are the Days. Recorded in reggae’s legendary Tuff Gong studio in Kingston, Jamaica, Gone Are the Days is being praised in the […]

Reggae Sauce star is hot stuff

Dragons’ Den Rasta Levi Roots is on a mission to spice up the pop charts - by reaching No1 with his Reggae Reggae Sauce tune. He’s become a cult star after serenading the millionaire investors on the hit BBC2 show before agreeing a £50,000 deal. And now he hopes […]

‘Malo’ is 2007 Soca Monarch

Marlon ‘Malo’ Webster took the 2007 Carib Soca Monarch title in a landslide on Sunday night, with an energetic, creative and intense presentation that captured the imagination of the judges and the hearts and souls of the crowd. Until ‘Malo’ stepped onto the National Park stage asking those present to “Give […]

Strip Tease: a star-studded night

Last Saturday’s staging of ‘Strip Tease 3, Jungle Extasy’ at the Students’ Activity Centre, UTech, featured some hot performances on stage from not only billed acts, but also from a couple surprise ones as well. At 2:43 a.m., after the likes of Razz and Biggy, Renaissance, Swatch International and other selectors […]

The Boom Shack Man
The trademark dredlocks and energetic movements are still intact. While Apache Indian may have disappeared off India’s burgeoning music scene, he’s hardly been idle; he’s been busy recording with the likes of UB40, Maxi Priest and Shaggy. Widely credited for having introduced Indians to a different style of reggae, his superhits Chak […]